Storm tracker: Andrea weakens in Atlantic, system in Pacific could become tropical storm
While Andrea has weakened into a post-tropical cyclone and storm activity in the Atlantic Ocean has quieted down for now, the same can not be said of the Pacific Ocean.
The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday morning it is keeping an eye on a system in the eastern Pacific Ocean that is currently offshore of Central America and southern Mexico. The system is currently labeled as EP95.
Hurricane center forecasters said showers and thunderstorms are "gradually becoming better organized" in association with an area of low pressure located a few hundred miles south of the coast of Guatemala.
The hurricane center said environmental conditions appear conducive for gradual development of this system over the next few days, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is "likely to form by this weekend" while the system moves slowly west-northwestward, just offshore of the coast of southern Mexico.
The NHC is giving this system an 80% chance of formation through the next seven days.
Pacific storm tracker
This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.
EP95 spaghetti models
This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.
Andrea was 2025 Atlantic hurricane season's first storm
Andrea became the first tropical storm of the season in the Atlantic on June 24 before weakening into a remnant low just hours later.
The hurricane center said Tuesday night maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 35 mph with higher gusts, and that additional weakening is expected.
Activity in the upper atmosphere has been contributing to storm activity in the eastern Pacific and contributing to winds helping to keep storms tamped down in the Atlantic, meteorologists have said. For now, the Climate Prediction Center's long-range outlook shows that pattern could continue for a couple of weeks.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. Ninety-seven percent of tropical cyclone activity occurs during this time period, NOAA said. The peak of the season is Sept. 10, with the most activity happening between mid-August and mid-October, according to the hurricane center.
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